Nathan Cleverly faces Badou Jack at Mayweather vs McGregor undercard

Boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor is held on August 26 at T-Mobile Area in Las Vegas. Scheduled for 12 rounds light middleweight encounter is a clash between a five-division World Champion and the current UFC lightweight title holder. The main card airs on Showtime PPV following a preliminary program live on FOX.

On Thursday it has been revealed that the Welsh boxer Nathan Cleverly (30-3-0, 16 KO) is added to the program, battling out on the main card. The current WBA World light heavyweight champion is expected to take on Badou Jack (21-1-2, 12 KO) of Sweden.

Cleverly won the title against a former champion out of Germany Juergen Braehmer last year. Jack is a former WBC World super middleweight champion who moved to a heavier class.

An interim WBA World light heavyweight champion out of Russia, Dmitry Bivol (11-0-0, 9 KO) is a mandatory challenger for the belt. According to The Sun the WBA advised that “Cleverly and Bivol have 30 days, from July 27, to reach an agreement or the fight will be called to purse bids.”

Parviz Iskenderov is a muaythai fighter from Perth, Australia. He is a former national champion of Belarus, and also a finalist of IFMA European Cup. He is an editor and journalist at FIGHTMAG. He covers national and world news. Iskenderov is also the WKN (World Kickboxing Network) international coordinator for Australia.

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